With a booking for 250 guests at a dinner in March next year, my motivational speaking has gone from a nice, "good on you" story that people liked hearing ABOUT, to a fully-fledged, professional presentation that is giving audiences valuable insights into living a happy life that should be booked.
When I speak to a Murray Business Network dinner next year, I will be telling the audience that I am not a business expert, a leadership coach or an SEO guru, I'm an expert in getting bashed and having a stroke, so I'm not professing to change business dynamics to ensure a company exceeds their KPIs, I just want to reach individual employees and try and make them feel good about the life they're living - I want to encourage people to be proud of living a decent, honest life.
When I was launching my speaking career I did presentations in a kitchen for my family, and apparently I looked like a caged lion while I was practicing my "stage work" in front of friends - then when I started doing public presentations, I spoke to the Coolamon Football Club (who went on to win the premiership) at the invitation of a former teammate, Marian College (a school in Sydney's north west), about 10 of the Hornsby under 18s soccer team members (who are coming into the finals), and the Sydney AFL rep teams (who went on to beat Canberra for the first time). From there I've gone onto to do speeches for the GWS Giants (who haven't won a game since!), Toshiba, Chubb Insurance and I'll be hosting a diabetes fundraiser for Sydney University next week.
When I started speaking, I was just a young diabetic bloke who'd played AFL for the Swans then had a stroke, but now I'm all of those things plus an author, a film maker, I've climbed Mt Kilimanjaro and I'm a member of the Sydney AFL Hall of Fame. I've gone from being a salesman with a stack of ideas, but nothing to market, to someone with a product to sell that is impacting people's lives.
If you are after a proven keynote speaker at your next event, OR
If you think your boss/team leader or CEO could use a speaker to make their staff feel good about working for your company, OR
you know somebody who is a business owner, teacher. sporting coach or is part of a community group, please send them this blog, or direct them to my:
Website: www.barnabyhowarth.com.au
YouTube: www.youtube.com/results?search_query=barnaby+howarth
Email: barnaby@barnabyhowarth.com.au
To feel good about being an everyday mother, father, employee and tax payer, email barnaby@barnabyhowarth.com.au.
"Rain falls on the just and the unjust alike,
but there comes a time when you just have to get over it and go and
play in the puddles"
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